One or several cracks may initiate and propagate through the structure, leading to an eventual structural failure of the component, or to a loss of serviceability.
"Too much water was passing through the structure.
In addition, the Congress Expressway literally passes through the structure.
The Mayor remembered walking through the structure in 1993, soon after his inauguration.
Old River caught him, pulled him off the Mississippi, and shot him through the structure.
The increases were small, not large enough to melt through the structure, but nonetheless unusual.
The explosion reverberated through the structure, raising a cloud of dust but causing no casualties.
Two loaded barges went through the structure and sank on the Atchafalaya side.
A dialogue is fine, but the change should be engineered through the structure that exists on campus".
But four days into the crisis a hydrogen explosion tore through the structure and blew the walls and roof off.
That was no good because, to produce a powerful beam, they have to be channelled through the structure.
